Baseball and Softball

I shot baseball and softball for The Herald this weekend, and got the opportunity to improve on my sports shooting some. It was also a welcome break from video to shoot stills.

Southern Illinois second baseman Wes Neece draws a walk from WKU relief pitcher Colton Satterlee to load the bases during the Toppers' 8-3 loss on Sunday at Nick Denes Field.

Southern Illinois first baseman Chris Serritella slides safely into home plate before WKU catcher Ryan Huck can field the throw from the outfield during the game Sunday afternoon at Nick Denes Field. The Hilltoppers lost 8-3.

WKU first baseman Scott Wilcox looks to second base after tagging out Southern Illinois sophomore Jake Welch, who leapt to avoid the tag, during the Toppers' 8-3 loss on Sunday at Nick Denes Field.

Junior pitcher Kim Wagner delivers a pitch during WKU's game on Saturday against Morehead State. Wagner held the Eagles to one run, and the Lady Toppers beat the Eagles 4-1 in eight innings in the Hilltopper Spring Invitational at the WKU Softball Complex.

WKU freshman Preslie Cruce avoids the tag of Morehead State catcher Ellyn Troup to score the game-tying run Saturday during the 4-1 Lady Topper victory in eight innings over Morehead State in the Hilltopper Spring Invitational at the WKU Softball Complex.

First Video

Our first assignment for my video class this semester was to illustrate a journey. So here it is, a fun piece about a man encountering a box.

Thinking Graphically

I have always photographed moments first composition second, but the combination of not working for a paper right now and taking a video class has me thinking more about the graphic nature of my photos. So here's a couple I've taken this semester. Hopefully by the end of the semester I'll be able to take some graphic photos with moments in them too.

Best of 2011

I've been seeing a lot of "best of 2011" photos a lot lately, and if there's too things I love it's blog posts and bandwagoning. Just kidding. On a serious note 2011 was a big year for me. My confidence and ability with my camera grew a lot between picture stories, my favorite class, and The Flint Journal, my favorite internship so far. I had the opportunity to experience a lot of things that helped me understand the world around me as well as myself this year. So here they are, in chronological order, my favorite photos from 2011. Here's to improvement in 2012

The Last Flint Photos

I took these photos in my last few weeks at The Flint Journal. I've had them picked out for this post for over a week but for some reason I felt like I should post them from Virginia. My time in Flint was great. I had fun and grew a lot, and I'm thankful for the people who helped me along in my time there. These probably aren't my best photos from Flint but I hope that I'm better now than when I started at the Journal.
Lillian Croenwalt and Shainie Weingarten peek through a curtain dividing women and men to watch Croenwalt's husband, Lee, 90, read from the Torah with Rabbi Yisroel Wingarten (left) during his Bar Mitzvah Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011, at the Chabad House in Flint Township.

Goodrich sophomore Carlos Fordham takes a shot during the Dec. 20, 2011, game against Beecher at Beecher High School. The Bucs won 82-59.

Sara Gonsler, 17, of Grand Blanc, helps Donovan Robinson, 10, sew one of the pillows he and other McGrath Elementary School students made for Munson Medical Center heart patients.

A woman involved in a three-vehicle crash resulting in multiple people injured on West Pierson Road in Mt. Morris Township sits in an ambulance at the scene.

Bus Jobs Occupy Fans

Olivia Desgrange, 15, of Davison High School, carries a box of donated foods while Travis Carte, 17, hands bus driver Willie Kidd another box of food to be taken into Outreach East in Davison Wednesday morning.

Dan Horan (left), 56, of Fenton, and Henry Barrera (middle), 55, of Flint, chant "jobs" at a rally to support the Karegnondi Water Authority pipeline at City Hall Monday afternoon in Flint.

Occupy Flint protester Derek James, 21, reads a copy of the United States Constitution before protesting against the National Defense Authorization Act Wednesday afternoon in Flint.

Goodrich fans Kyle Bradley (left), 17, and Kenny Rappuhn, 17, react to a dunk by a Goodrich player during Tuesday night's overtime Grand Blanc victory 61-59 over Goodrich at Grand Blanc High School.

Santa Spray Sled Mott

Tyler Smith, 8, of Linden, sits on Santa's lap while children in line outside peer in Bear Creek Coffee Cafe in downtown Linden Saturday afternoon.

Flint Police Officer Tonya Fields wipes her eyes after another officer used pepper spray to subdue a hysterical man, according to a witness, after police responded to a call for a child being thrown out of a house window on Atherton Road Friday afternoon in Flint. The child was not injured, police said.

Terry Hendrickson, 13, rides on top of Holden Barber, 13, while he sleds down a hill at Kearsley Park, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 in Flint, Mich.

Mott guard Darryl Marshall looks for a pass around Sinclair Community College sophomore Trent Maddox (right) during Saturday's Mott victory 101-72 in the Bears Club Classic.